Picture Gainsborough Lodge

• Picture Notes

  Gainsborough Lodge, Gainsborough Road, Leytonstone, East London, E11.
  
  Gainsborough Lodge, Leytonstone, taken from one of the lawns. Foremost in the picture is the dining room and on the left is a large conservatory (30' X 15') which was used at 'party time' for dancing. It had an artistic tiled floor.
  
  Gainsborough Lodge was the home of Mr and Mrs JG Locks and their family for fifty years.
  
  Two sons, Cyrill Ellis and Cliffor Maurice were born there.
  
  Mr and Mrs JG Locks bought the house in 1900.
  
  It consisted of 15 rooms and stood in a large garden with orchard, 2 lawns and an attractive collection of roses, shrubs, flowers and trees.
  
  The house had a semi-basement with a large butler's pantry, scullery, kitchen and staff living room. Also int he basement was a wine cellar with 2-inch thick shelves, a pantry which was built under the ground and remained at the same temperature in winter and summer. There were also 2 coal cellars and a staff lavatory.
  
  Upstairs was a large drawing room, large dining room, large library/billiards room, 2 lavatories and a bathroom.
  
  3 bedrooms on the 1st floor and 5 on the top floor. One of these was fitted out as a child's nursery until the first world war.
  
  Outside in the garden were stables in which were kept ponies which John George Locks used for transport each day.

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• References (1)
  • Family: John (DARNEY) George LOCKS & Florence (Dooney) Jessie TOMS